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dc.contributor.authorde Haan, Moniqueen
dc.contributor.authorLeuven, Edwinen
dc.contributor.authorOosterbeek, Hesselen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-22-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:41:12Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:41:12Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201104114023en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51976-
dc.description.abstractA large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The supply of schools decreased by 15 percent, but this varied considerably across municipalities. We find that reducing the number of schools by 10 percent increases pupils' achievement by 3 percent of a standard deviation. A reduction in the supply of schools implies, for a given number of pupils, an increase in average school size. We present evidence that in our context scale economies dominated the effects of choice and competition. This points to an often ignored trade-off between scale and competition.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5528en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.jelI22en
dc.subject.jelH75en
dc.subject.jelD40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordschool choiceen
dc.subject.keywordcompetitionen
dc.subject.keywordschool consolidationen
dc.subject.keywordachievementen
dc.subject.keywordeconomies of scaleen
dc.subject.stwBildungsreformen
dc.subject.stwSchulauswahlen
dc.subject.stwWettbewerben
dc.subject.stwSkalenertragen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwNiederlandeen
dc.titleScale economies can offset the benefits of competition: Evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn664664520en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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